महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-254, verse-19

यस्मादुद्विजते लोकः सर्वो मृत्युमुखादिव ।
वाक्क्रूराद्दण्डपारुष्यात्स प्राप्नोति महद्भयम् ॥१९॥

19. yasmādudvijate lokaḥ sarvo mṛtyumukhādiva ,
vākkrūrāddaṇḍapāruṣyātsa prāpnoti mahadbhayam.

19. yasmāt udvijate lokaḥ sarvaḥ mṛtyumukhāt iva vāk
krūrāt daṇḍapāruṣyāt sa prāpnoti mahat bhayam

19. yasmāt vāk krūrāt daṇḍapāruṣyāt sarvaḥ lokaḥ
mṛtyumukhāt iva udvijate sa mahat bhayam prāpnoti

19. The one from whom all people recoil as if from the very jaws of death, due to cruel speech and harsh punishment, that person will experience great fear.

Words meanings summery:

• यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from whom, from which

• उद्विजते (udvijate) - recoils, shrinks away, is disturbed

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - people, world

• सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all, every

• मृत्युमुखात् (mṛtyumukhāt) - from the mouth of death

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• वाक् (vāk) - speech

• क्रूरात् (krūrāt) - from cruel, from harsh

• दण्डपारुष्यात् (daṇḍapāruṣyāt) - from harshness of punishment, from severe punishment

• स (sa) - that one, he

• प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches

• महत् (mahat) - great, large

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

Words meanings and morphology

यस्मात् (yasmāt) - from whom, from which

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

उद्विजते (udvijate) - recoils, shrinks away, is disturbed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of udvij

Present Middle Indicative, 6th class

root √vij, 6th class, Ātmanepada, Present Middle Indicative, 3rd person singular with prefix ud-

Prefix: ud

Root: vij (class 6)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - people, world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, community

सर्वः (sarvaḥ) - all, every

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

मृत्युमुखात् (mṛtyumukhāt) - from the mouth of death

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mṛtyumukha

mṛtyumukha - mouth of death, jaws of death

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛtyu+mukha)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  from root √mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• mukha – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

वाक् (vāk) - speech

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice

क्रूरात् (krūrāt) - from cruel, from harsh

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of krūra

krūra - cruel, harsh, fierce, dreadful

दण्डपारुष्यात् (daṇḍapāruṣyāt) - from harshness of punishment, from severe punishment

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of daṇḍapāruṣya

daṇḍapāruṣya - harshness of punishment, severity of punishment

Compound type : tatpurusha (daṇḍa+pāruṣya)

• daṇḍa – stick, punishment, rod
  noun (masculine)
• pāruṣya – harshness, severity, roughness
  noun (neuter)
  from paruṣa (harsh)

स (sa) - that one, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्राप्नोति (prāpnoti) - attains, reaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of prāp

Present Active Indicative, 5th class

root √āp, 5th class, Parasmaipada, Present Active Indicative, 3rd person singular with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

महत् (mahat) - great, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

from root √bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)